Car back from my local indie turns out a clean out of drums and adjustment and we are good. A few $100 lighter but could have been worse. Lesson learnt : learn how to keep drums clean after playtime...
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Car back from my local indie turns out a clean out of drums and adjustment and we are good. A few $100 lighter but could have been worse. Lesson learnt : learn how to keep drums clean after playtime...
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Originally Posted by Rich84
I had a chance to do the clean and adjustment over the weekend with the guidance of Bodsy's brake bible.
I noted I need new rear discs and pads anyway, so I just hit the EPB with compressed air through the adjustment hole for now to blow the dust out of it and adjusted it. Was very dusty!
Judging by the amount of tension added and then released, my EPB system was quite out of spec.
So far so good - applied and released several times since then with no issues. All very quiet.
What brake is actually applied by the elec hand brake..?
Gyroman, inside the rear discs there are two pads on each side that are forced outward via cables by the electric motor when you activate the HB switch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gyroman
Same as an old fashion drum brake.
Search and download Bodsy's Brake Bible and it is not a hard task to inspect and service them properly DIY if you are reasonably handy. The setting up is key to long life and smooth operation and is not something I believe is well known outside the dealer or very good Indys. When mine first screeched and raised a fault I was initially told mine was kaput but I made them do another calibration (with me watching having pre-read BBB and like-magic it worked perfectly again. Now I do it myself.
I use mine enough just to keep it moving but avoid using it when I don't have to.
Oh, and don't drive off with handbrake on. Always release it at rest is the tip.
I was also told on steep hills to engage D (or R) to unload the brake before releasing (without moving off).
This whole thread reminds me of a work colleague’s trouble with her Mercs brakes. She told me she got a loud bang every time she pulled the transmission lever out of P into D.
Sure enough her whole method was totally wrong as she never bothered applying the PB....ever. So I showed her how I do it.
Stop car.
Leave foot on foot brake.
Move shifter into N
Engage PB (electronic or otherwise)
Take foot off foot brake and allow car to “rest” on PB
Move shifter into P.
Her and hubbie were amazed at the difference. A bloke I knew vaguely (another Merc driver) used to shove it straight into P virtually as soon as it seemed to have stopped then wondered why he had to have it towed away as it wouldn’t come out of P!
Probably the way I was trained but I always use my PB whether on a slope or not and have never yet had a problem and use this same method with the D4……plus I never use the auto release.
Of course my way may well be irrelevant in this brand new age of a gadget to do everything for drivers…..
AlanH.